Gut Feelings

Gut Feelings

Author: Gerd Gigerenzer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-06-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0143113763

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Why is split second decision-making superior to deliberation? Gut Feelings delivers the science behind Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. Reflection and reason are overrated, according to renowned psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer. Much better qualified to help us make decisions is the cognitive, emotional, and social repertoire we call intuition, a suite of gut feelings that have evolved over the millennia specifically for making decisions. Gladwell drew heavily on Gigerenzer's research. But Gigerenzer goes a step further by explaining just why our gut instincts are so often right. Intuition, it seems, is not some sort of mystical chemical reaction but a neurologically based behavior that evolved to ensure that we humans respond quickly when faced with a dilemma (BusinessWeek).


The Heart of Judgment

The Heart of Judgment

Author: Leslie Paul Thiele

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-09-04

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1139458965

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The Heart of Judgment explores the nature, historical significance, and continuing relevance of practical wisdom. Primarily a work in moral and political thought, it also relies extensively on research in cognitive neuroscience to confirm and extend our understanding of the faculty of judgment. Ever since the ancient Greeks first discussed practical wisdom, the faculty of judgment has been an important topic for philosophers and political theorists. It remains one of the virtues most demanded of our public officials. The greater the liberties and responsibilities accorded to citizens in democratic regimes, the more the health and welfare of society rest upon their exercise of good judgment. While giving full credit to the roles played by reason and deliberation in good judgment, the book underlines the central importance of intuition, emotion, and worldly experience.


Biology of Breeding Poultry

Biology of Breeding Poultry

Author: Paul M. Hocking

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1845933753

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This book reviews the biological science and background to breeding meat poultry, specifically broiler, turkey and duck. These commercial birds have been changed by genetic selection to such an extent that they are substantially different from traditional breeds and laying hens. Covering science, management and husbandry systems, this book is an essential reference for researchers and students in animal science, as well as technical staff of breeding companies and poultry meat producers. Part of the Poultry Science Symposium Series.


50 Jobs Worse Than Yours

50 Jobs Worse Than Yours

Author: Justin Racz

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-12-08

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1596918853

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Guaranteed to make you grateful for the job you have and thankful for the one you don't. From Saddam Hussein Double to Telemarketing Script Writer to the guy who operates the "It's a Small World After All" ride, satirist Justin Racz has spanned the globe to find fifty jobs worse than yours, so we can all feel better about our own. Featuring fifty color photos of the awful, the pitiful, the hysterical jobs out there, and all their undesirable employment details, Fifty Jobs Worse Than Yours is the perfect gift for anyone stuck in a nine-to-five grind who needs to remember why it could be a whole, whole lot worse.


My Seven Dinner Guests

My Seven Dinner Guests

Author: Robert Dickson Martin

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 1608603369

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If you could host a special dinner and invite the seven people who have most influenced your life, who would you choose? In this book, Bob Martin has picked the seven dinner guests who guided him through a process of death and rebirth - literally. At age 75, Martin died of a heart attack and was brought back to life. The experience had a profound effect on him, inspiring him to share his story of renewal and faith. Through poignant anecdotes and touching tales of love, success, and joy, readers will learn that love truly equals wealth and that sharing your life with others is the greatest gift you can give. Bob Martin was born in 1929 in the midst of the Great Depression. After retiring from his job as a college teacher, he worked with intellectually handicapped adults. He has been writing for more than 20 years and finds inspiration in his life experiences. In his first book, The Specialist Chick Sexer, Martin shares his experiences working on a poultry farm as a young adult. The book has sold in 44 countries. He now lives in Australia with his wife Marlene, his son Matthew and his son's fiance Carmelina.


Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Author: Joshua Foer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1101475978

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The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory “Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.


Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons

Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons

Author: Kate Millar

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-09-04

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9086866735

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In an ever changing interconnected world, the agriculture and food system faces constant challenges in many forms, such as the impacts of climate change, uncertainty surrounding the use of novel technologies and the emergence of new zoonotic diseases. Alongside these challenges professionals working in the food system are faced with opportunities to improve food production and distribution. As decision-makers attempt to balance these threats and opportunities in order to secure more sustainable production systems, the key question that arises is: What do we envisage as the future for agriculture and food production? With numerous voices advocating different and sometimes conflicting approaches, ranging from organic farming to wider use of GMOs through in vitro meat production, this discussion of the future raises significant ethical questions. The contributions in this book bring together a diverse group of authors who explore a set of themes relating to the ethical dimensions of the agriculture and food futures, including the role of novel technologies, the potential issues raised by the use of biofuels, the ethics of future animal production systems, concepts of global food security, as well as chapters on food governance priorities and educational aspects. It is intended that this volume serves as an interesting collection and acts as a source of stimulation that will contribute to wider debate and reflection on the future of the agriculture and food system.


"Becoming" a Professional

Author: Lesley Scanlon

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-06-27

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9400713789

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This book is founded on the idea that ‘becoming’ is the most useful defining concept for a new ‘professional’ class whose members understand that development in their working lives is an open-ended, lifelong process of refinement and learning. In a world where being a ‘professional’ is an increasingly indistinct notion and where better education and technology are challenging ‘professional’ norms, it is imperative that we no longer think in terms of an exclusive, ‘Anglo-American’, knowledge-rich class of workers. Exploring the implications of this insight for professions including nursing, teaching, social work, engineering and the clergy, this volume aims to encourage informed debate on what it means to be a ‘professional’ in this globalised 21st century. The book argues that ‘becoming’ a professional is a lifelong process in which individual professional identities are constructed through formal education, workplace interactions and popular culture. The book advocates the ‘ongoingness’ of developing a professional self throughout one’s professional life. What emerges is a concept of becoming a professional different from the isolated, rugged, individualistic approach to traditional professional practice as represented in popular culture. It is a book for the reflective professional.